Forbes just published this: “School Choice Keeps Winning.” But evidence indicates that school choice is actually failing children, the article uses the term"winning' to celebrate the expansion of choice programs in many GOP-led states.“Success” for school choice means expansion of charters & vouchers, not better education for students. Funding from the state has continued to dwindle. The burden on local school districts has continued to increase; 30 years ago, the school choice movement boasted that charters & vouchers would “save poor children from failing public schools, ” & that that private schools outperform public schools. Now we know that school choice does not produce academic improvement for students; that many pick their students and discriminate against the children they don’t want. I n 2021, we believe these concerns regarding public school funding are still relevant.
At dianeravitch.net
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